Scaling the Draft Cliffs

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4.6 • 784 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2024

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Fred Zinkie just navigated the secondary closer run in the Tout Wars Draft & Hold league. Who do you like among Andres Muñoz, Jordan Romano, Craig Kimbrel, Paul Sewald, Ryan Helsley, Tanner Scott, Evan Phillips, Clay Holmes and Adbert Alzolay? He and Jeff Erickson discuss that tier of closers, and how to anticipate and/or react to cliffs in your snake draft. --- 3:30 - Cody Bellinger to the Cubs 8:00 - Is it time to downgrade Snell, Montgomery, Chapman? 20:30 - Differing Closer Plans 36:00 - Worth paying attention to the Rockies closer? 42:00 - Category Targets - Will the SB 80% threshold will be 200 this year? 51:00 - Joe Musgrove has already made two spring starts. And he stunk in both. Worried? 54:30 - Walker Buehler will face hitters tomorrow. How many innings will he throw this year? 59:00 - Chris Sale 1:02:20 - Alek Manoah --- Fantrax Promotional Copy Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today. Hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Cody Bellinger is signed, but Jordan Montgomery, Blake, Snell, Matt Chapman, and more remain out there.
0:08.9	Is it time to downgrade him?
0:10.0	We talk about those guys and a whole lot more coming up next on the Rotowire Fantasy Baseball podcast. Greetings, everybody.
0:29.5	Here's everybody.
0:29.5	Jeff Erickson here with Fred Zinky on the RotoWire Fantasy Baseball
0:32.4	podcast brought to you by the good folks at fantracks.com.
0:36.7	You'll be hearing more about them in a second.
0:38.6	We are going to be talking a lot of draft stuff. We got ongoing TjfBI, Tout Wars, Draft and Hold
0:44.2	League. I just broadcasted the Tout Wars different category league, alternate category league today.
0:50.5	It was a good stuff. I'm good stuff on that. So I'm seeing a lot of draft boards lately.
0:51.4	Fred, how are you? I'm great. Yeah, like you said, we've got drafts going on all over the place. So it's, it's not just theoretical anymore. It's actually happening. It's practical. People are really putting themselves out there now on not just who they say they're going to draft, but who they're actually drafting and I like it.
0:52.6	Yep, absolutely.
0:53.3	You know what?
1:11.1	You know, those first two tests. now on not just who they say they're going to draft, but who they're actually drafting. And I like it.
1:12.3	Yep, absolutely.
1:16.6	You know, those first two tests drafts are battle testing projections.
1:30.1	And I'm still tweaking them after I see something that remains like, oh, I'm too low on that guy, too high. And that guy. We always talk about that. It's still all the way through the last draft of the season, I'll be doing that. You know, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, I'm, you're, I'm draft something. If I draft towards the back end at the first round, I might have a whole different perspective. You know, right now I'm drafting in the fifth spot in TGFBI.
1:31.4	In labor,
1:32.4	I drafted third,
1:34.3	and scarf I drafted second. I had a,
1:34.9	I actually, Right now I'm drafting in the fifth spot in TGFBI. In labor, I drafted third and scarf I drafted second.
1:47.0	I had a, I actually drew a number one in NFBC 50.
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